OF MT. KINABALU AND BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. 69 
longa. Ovarium lineare, pubescens, sessile, biovulatum. Stylus inflexus, teres, 
stigmate parvo terminali. 
Hab. Tambunan plain, near Station, open scrub, sandy soil. Feb. 3001. 
A small tree about 7 m. high. The young foliage is red and the in- 
florescence is cauline and axillary. The flowers are purple. 
This seems to agree with /7ose, No. 334 in Herb. Kew., from Baram, and 
with Haviland, No. 3280, also from North Borneo. 
Fordia Gibbsie, Dunn & Bak, fil. A. Inflorescence with part of leaf; B. Whole leaf, 
much reduced; C. Flower; D. Keel; E. Wing; F. Longitudinal section of ovary 
and calyx, 
The pod in these specimens is oblanceolate, + 8 em. long and + 21 mm. 
broad. 
The genus Fordia has hitherto been known only by one species from 
China, which is characterised by having an erect stem with clusters of 
racemes on the old wood. The ovary is always biovulate, and the pod 
2-seeded, 
